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Traffic Injury Prevention Volume 17, 2016 - Issue sup1: Peer-Reviewed Journal for the 60th Annual Scientific Conference of the Association for the Advancement of Automotive Medicine (AAAM), September 2016
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Photo-oxidative degradation of motorcycle helmets in Hanoi, Vietnam: A prospective preliminary study

Roszalina RamliDepartment of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Pusat Perubatan Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, Cheras, Kuala Lumpur, MalaysiaCorrespondence[email protected]
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Zuraidah Che ManDepartment of Emergency Medicine, Pusat Perubatan Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, Cheras, MalaysiaView further author information
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Rifqah NordinDepartment of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Pusat Perubatan Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, Cheras, Kuala Lumpur, MalaysiaView further author information
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Fadzlina Abdul KarimDepartment of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Pusat Perubatan Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, Cheras, Kuala Lumpur, MalaysiaView further author information
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Muhd Fazlynizam RashdiDepartment of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Pusat Perubatan Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, Cheras, Kuala Lumpur, MalaysiaView further author information
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Jennie OxleyAccident Research Centre, Monash University, Clayton, AustraliaView further author information
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Pham Viet CuongHanoi School of Public Health, Hanoi, VietnamView further author information
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Pages 79-85 | Received 01 Mar 2016, Accepted 15 Jun 2016, Published online: 02 Sep 2016

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